...BOOTSTRAPS... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Vex' (1994)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.c)

Fmaj7, Abmaj7, E

Verse 1:

Am (x02210@1)Forward ever,
Backward never.
Stick together,
And last forever.

Dm (xx0231@1)The race is not,
For the swift but,
Am (x02210@1)For those who endure.
Dm (xx0231@1)We've been,
Tried and tested,
Am (x02210@1)And know the score.

Chorus 1:

Bb (x1333x@1)So pick up your,
                    AmBootstraps (x02210@1)and back-side,
Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
        AmNo (x02210@1)back-slide.
Woah now, woah now.

Verse 2:

Am (x02210@1)Stop your fighting,
Back away back biting,
Let's unite now,
Not dividing.
These are things,
That I can't stand,
Says we're acting,
Like crabs in a can now.

Dm (xx0231@1)Nuff a fe we,
Youth dem turn to,
Am (x02210@1)Drugs and crime.
Dm (xx0231@1)Come lets save,
The rest 'cos we are,
Am (x02210@1)Loosing time now.

Chorus 2:

Bb (x1333x@1)So pick up your,
                    AmBootstraps (x02210@1)and back-side,
Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
        AmNo (x02210@1)back-slide.

Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
Am (x02210@1)We moving forward, Hey!
Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
        AmNo (x02210@1)back-slide.
Woah now, woah now.

Rap: (by REBEL)

(Am)
(Dm, Am (x2))

Chorus 3:

Bb (x1333x@1)So pick up your,
                    AmBootstraps (x02210@1)and back-side,
Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
        AmNo (x02210@1)back-slide.
Woah now, woah now.

Verse 3:

Am (x02210@1)Are you ready,
For this message?
Seize the time,
To be progressive.
Take you stance now,
And be counted,
It's now or never.

Dm (xx0231@1)Blessed are those,
Who are struggling,
Am (x02210@1)In a Jah name.
Dm (xx0231@1)Iniquity workers bow their,
Am (x02210@1)Heads in shame, yeah.

Chorus 4:

Bb (x1333x@1)So pick up your,
                    AmBootstraps (x02210@1)and back-side,
Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
        AmNo (x02210@1)back-slide.
Woah now, woah now.

Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
Am (x02210@1)We moving forward, Hey!
Bb (x1333x@1)We moving forward,
        AmNo (x02210@1)back-slide.
Woah now, woah now.

Rap: (by REBEL)

(Am)

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) E (022100@1)     Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x03210  xx6543  xxx454  xxx555  xxx765  xx8766
                                    ____
           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |   /  |  | |__      / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |    / /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |_/| |   __| |      /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)